The 2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division season was the fourth since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. This season the league was contested by 9 clubs.
Format Clubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner was promoted while the second-placed team entered a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division. This season also saw the introduction of a Home Grown Player (HPG) rule, requiring clubs to name 3 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least one of them on the field of play at all times. Gibraltar Phoenix were forced to forfeit their first two games after being found in breach of this new rule, with their 4-1 win over Hound Dogs on the opening week being overturned.
Teams Europa Point and Mons Calpe were promoted from the Second Division last season. After the 2015–16 Premier Division season, Angels and Britannia XI were relegated. Britannia XI decided to not register for this season. With Pegasus and Red Imps also not competing, the league consisted of nine clubs this season. ClubManagerCaptainSponsorLast seasonAngels Lewis Fraser Jorge SerratoEroski CenterPremier Division, 10th (relegated)Boca Gibraltar Juan Jose Pomares Garcia Philip HermidaMasbro8thBruno's Magpies David Wilson Sam WhelanBruno's Bar / Chesterton's4thCannons Christian Olivares Adrian Reina Gonzalez11thCollege 1975 Juan Francisco Fernandez Molina David GomezCosmopolitan12thGibraltar Phoenix Albert Ferri BorjaGeneral Lifts3rdHound Dogs Chris Gomez Shaun De'AthThe Calpe Hounds10thLeo FC Rogelio Ramagge Fernando SanchezBMI Group7thOlympique 13 Garry Turner-Bone Anthony ProvalosiVR Solutions5th
League table
Results
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Luis Casas DominguezGibraltar Phoenix242 German CortesGibraltar Phoenix153 Kofi HallidayFCB Magpies94 Daniel VaronaFCB Magpies7 Samuel MesuaCannons6 Jonathan TomilleroGibraltar Phoenix57 Justin SantosOlympique 134 Antonio JimenezGibraltar Phoenix9 Juan Antonio MoyaLeo3 Francisco DiazCannons Samuel Corona NuñezBoca Gibraltar Jorge SerratoAngels Matthew GrechBoca Gibraltar Manuel RuizLeo
See also 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division
References
External links Gibraltar Football Association